This Dover edition, first published in 1966, is a
new collection of scientific fiction by H. G. Wells.
The stories contained in this volume were taken
from the following books by H. G. Wells:
The Invisible Man, Harper & Brothers Publishers,
1897.
"The Crystal Egg," "The Man Who Could Work
Miracles" and "The Star," as published in Tales
of Space and Time, Doubleday & McClure Co.,
1899.
"The Plattner Story," "The Strange Orchid,"
"The Apple," "The Purple Pileus," "Aepyornis
Island," "In the Abyss," "The Lord of the Dynamos,"
"The Story of Davidson's Eyes," "In the
Avu Observatory" and "The Sea Raiders," as published
in Thirty Strange Stories, Harper & Brothers
Publishers, 1897.
"The New Accelerator," "A Dream of Armageddon"
and "Filmer," as published in Twelve
Stories and a Dream, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.
"The Diamond Maker," as published in The
Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, Tauchnitz,
1896.
